# Gemma 4 12B vs LFM3-1.7B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Gemma 4 12B and LFM3-1.7B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/gemma-4-12b-vs-lfm3-1-7b
- Last updated: October 27, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 3
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: Gemma 4 12B and LFM3-1.7B share only 3 sourced benchmark rows.

## Summary

- Only 3 shared sourced benchmark rows are available. That is not enough for a broad capability verdict, so this mirror does not name an overall winner.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Gemma 4 12B | LFM3-1.7B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Google | LiquidAI |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 256K | 256K |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 36.24 | 22.99 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 12 | 24 |
| Pricing (input/output) | N/A | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemma 4 12B public-lane score: Coming soon
- LFM3-1.7B public-lane score: 14.4 (Estimated · #123/134)

| Benchmark | Gemma 4 12B | LFM3-1.7B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AutomationBench | Coming soon | 41.3% | Coming soon |
| BFCL v4 | Coming soon | 71.4% | Coming soon |
| τ³-bench results | Coming soon | 68.0% | Coming soon |
| WebArena-Verified | Coming soon | 38.4% | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | Coming soon | 32.6% | Coming soon |
| ToolSandbox | Coming soon | 80.36% | Coming soon |
| Claw-Eval | Coming soon | 68.6% | Coming soon |
| HLE w/ tools | Coming soon | 13.9% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 12.9% | Coming soon |
| LiveClaw | Coming soon | 45.60% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemma 4 12B public-lane score: 23.1 (Estimated · #117/155)
- LFM3-1.7B public-lane score: 13 (Estimated · #142/155)

| Benchmark | Gemma 4 12B | LFM3-1.7B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LiveCodeBench v6 | 72.0% | 73.5% | LFM3-1.7B |
| SciCode | Coming soon | 28.5% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Verified | Coming soon | 43.4% | Coming soon |
| SWE Multilingual | Coming soon | 23% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 12.9% | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench Pro | Coming soon | 31.7% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemma 4 12B public-lane score: 51.8 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)
- LFM3-1.7B public-lane score: 61.3 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)

| Benchmark | Gemma 4 12B | LFM3-1.7B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MRCRv2 | 43.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| RULER (128K) | Coming soon | 65.56% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemma 4 12B public-lane score: 60 (#47/58)
- LFM3-1.7B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Gemma 4 12B | LFM3-1.7B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| ExtractBench (LlamaIndex) | 45.39% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMMU-Pro | 69.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MathVision | 79.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MedXpertQA (MM) | 48.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemma 4 12B public-lane score: 35.4 (Supported · #137/189)
- LFM3-1.7B public-lane score: 25.5 (Estimated · #175/189)

| Benchmark | Gemma 4 12B | LFM3-1.7B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 78.8% | 63.4% | Gemma 4 12B |
| GPQA-D | 78.8% | 63.4% | Gemma 4 12B |
| MMLU-Pro | 77.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE w/o tools | 5.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMMLU | 83.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE | Coming soon | 7.2% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemma 4 12B public-lane score: 90.1 (#28/156)
- LFM3-1.7B public-lane score: 71.7 (#76/156)

| Benchmark | Gemma 4 12B | LFM3-1.7B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFEval | Coming soon | 96.7% | Coming soon |
| IFBench | Coming soon | 73.0% | Coming soon |
| Multi-IF | Coming soon | 89.10% | Coming soon |
| IFStruct | Coming soon | 93.72% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemma 4 12B public-lane score: 61.3 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)
- LFM3-1.7B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Gemma 4 12B | LFM3-1.7B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME26 | 77.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between Gemma 4 12B and LFM3-1.7B?

Not yet. The models share only 3 sourced benchmark rows, so this mirror reports the available measurements and metadata without naming a broad winner.

### What can I compare safely on this page?

Published pricing, context windows, model type, and individual shared benchmark rows are directly comparable. Independent overall scores and non-overlapping benchmark coverage are labeled separately and should not be read as a controlled head-to-head result.

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